This quote only reveals a complete and utter lack of understanding of parenting and child development. I cannot imagine anyone who thinks this to be "beautiful" being a parent or a good one if they are. This quote, and the ideology behind it, are nothing less than disgusting.
The parent's job is to lay down a solid foundation onto which a person will be constructed. In some cases the parent is a filter. For example, the vast majority of Muslims are good people, no different from anyone else. Good parenting is what made these children immune to the pulls of derranged radical elements in that culture. Good parenting is what ensures the vast majority of those children cannot be swayed away from being good decent human beings.
That's just one example. Many more in history. There's a reason for which all cults try to get to children as early as possible. Parents are the only line of defense.
The vast majority of Muslims are good people due to good parenting. I guess the good parents 'did not force' the deranged radical elements of the surrounding culture on the children.
Most victims of such sick cultures acquire it helplessly: some parent figure forced it on them in the guise of something - maybe tradition, maybe religion.
Vast majority of muslims are not really surrounded by a sick culture as you imagine from outside or what you watch on TV. For example, Turkey is a 70M country. There are surely sick (or radical) religious sub-cultures in Turkey but I don't think they are more than 5% of the population. Most people are nice people trying to have a happy life. Not much different from American people. And they would not turn into suicide bombers even without good parents.
The statement doesn't mean you have no guardianship of your children. You do but not an ownership of their future.
The next statement, "They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself", explains that, and so does the rest of the quote.
I realize we have almost taken the quote out of its context. It talks about the children's future - their dreams and aspirations.
The parent's job is to lay down a solid foundation onto which a person will be constructed. In some cases the parent is a filter. For example, the vast majority of Muslims are good people, no different from anyone else. Good parenting is what made these children immune to the pulls of derranged radical elements in that culture. Good parenting is what ensures the vast majority of those children cannot be swayed away from being good decent human beings.
That's just one example. Many more in history. There's a reason for which all cults try to get to children as early as possible. Parents are the only line of defense.
No, that quote is disgusting.